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The right hand barrel of a Henry Clarke BLE blew just in front of my father's left hand. This happened in 1968 at the shoot both he and I still belong to. He was most fortunate not to have lost his hand. New barrels were fitted to the gun and I still use it myself. It had been bought new in 1928 by my great-grandfather.

The Birmingham proof house inspected the blown barrels and declared that there had probably been a fault in the steel during manufacture. The barrels were displayed in WAGBI's Chamber of Horrors at Game Fairs during the 1970s. They now hang in the shoot lunch hut. I give them a clean and grease every five years or so.

Tim